When I was waiting in a bar where were you ?
When I was buying you a drink where were you ?
When I was crying home in bed where were you ?
When I watched you from a distance did you see me ?
You were standing in a queue did you see me ?
You had yellow hair did you see me ?
I want to talk to you all night do you like me ?
I want to find out about your life do you like me ?
Could you ever be my wife do you love me ?

Thursday, August 21, 2014

29th year - N° 233 Thursday, 21 August 2014

Countess and serial killer Erzsébet de Ecsed Báthory aka Die Blutfrau dies of starvation at the age of 54 in Csejte Vára, Čachtice, Trenčín, Slowakia.

Báthory was imprisoned in her own castle. She was kept bricked in a set of rooms with only small slits left open for ventilation and the passing of food. She remained there for four years, until her death.

(+)142 years ago

Wednesday 21st of August 1872

Artist Aubrey Vincent Beardsley is born in Brighton, Sussex, United Kingdom.

(+)110 years ago

Sunday 21st of August 1904

Musician and bandleader Count William James Basie is born in Red Bank, New Jersey, United States.

Peruggia wanted to bring the painting back for display in Italy "after it was stolen by Napoleon". After keeping the painting hidden in a trunk in his apartment for two years Peruggia returned to Italy with it. He kept it in his apartment in Firenze but grew impatient and was finally caught when he contacted Alfredo Geri, the owner of an art gallery in Firenze, Italy.

Nitsche's cries alerted neighbours who called in the police. Upon his arrest by Oberwachtmeisters Richard Klähn and Ernst Engesser, Großmann was found naked and covered in Nitsche's blood, ready to drink a cup of cyanide laced coffee.

Ruth Fuerst is strangled by serial killer John Christie aka The Strangler of 10 Rillington Place in 10 Rillington Place, London, Greater London, United Kingdom.

Christie buried Fuerst's body in the back garden after initially hiding it beneath the floorboards of his front living room.

(-)67 years ago

Thursday 21st of August 1947

Automobile designer and manufacturer Ettore Arco Isidoro Bugatti dies of paralysis of his mental faculties at the age of 66 in American Hospital, 63 Blvd Victor Hugo, Neuilly-sur-Seine, Île-de-France, France.

(+)64 years ago

Monday 21st of August 1950

Would-be assassin Arthur Herman Bremer is born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States.

(x)53 years ago

Monday 21st of August 1961

32-year-old Serial killer Charles Ray Hatcher aka Evil Incarnate is put in solitary confinement for the rape and stabbing to death of inmate Jerry Tharrington on the prison's kitchen loading dock on 2 July 1961 in Missouri State Penitentiary aka The Walls, 115 Lafayette Street, Jefferson City, Missouri, United States.

The group had stolen close to 150 guns which they intended on using while hijacking a 747 jumbo jet, in which they would kill one passenger every hour until Manson and company were released from prison. They were all arrested.

(-)43 years ago the Dragon Came

Saturday 21st of August 1971

Black Panther George Lester Jackson aka Soledad Brother is shot dead during an attempt to escape at the age of 30 in San Quentin State Prison, San Quentin, California, United States.

During the attempt Jackson and several other inmates killed six hostages.

Irish republican hunger striker Michael James 'Mickey' Devine, originally Micheal O Duibhinn dies after 60 days hungerstriking at the age of 27 in Maze Prison, Lisburn, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom.

Devine was the tenth and last to die in the 1981 Irish Hunger Strike.

(-)31 years ago

Sunday 21st of August 1983

Leadership of the opposition Benigno Simeon Aquino aka Ninoy is shot dead upon returning from a 3-year self-imposed exile in the USA at the age of 51 in Manila International Airport, Parañaque, Metro Manila, Philippines.

Aquino's body lay in state in a glass coffin. No effort was made to disguise a bullet wound that had disfigured his face. In an interview with Aquino's mother Aurora told the funeral parlor not to apply makeup nor embalm her son, to see "what they did to my son". Thousands of supporters flocked to see the bloodied body of Aquino, which took place at the Aquino household in Times St., Quezon City for nine days.

(x)30 years ago

Tuesday 21st of August 1984

32-year-old Serial killer Larry Eyler aka The Leather Boy Killer is arrested and charged with the murders of at least 15 young men in 1628 West Sherwin Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, United States.